Sentence examples for recognised president from inspiring English sources

Burhanuddin Rabbani, who is of the Jamiat-I-Islami faction, was until very recently the internationally recognised president of Afghanistan and has moved into Kabul's "Palace Number One".

They drove out the internationally recognised president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, allying with his predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had been ousted in the Arab spring.

ALASSANE OUATTARA, the internationally recognised president of Côte d'Ivoire, heralded a "new era of hope" for his fractured country after his rival, Laurent Gbagbo, was seized yesterday after an assault on his compound.

Yemen's internationally recognised President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi was forced to flee the country and ask for military intervention – a request answered by Saudi Arabia and a coalition of Gulf states.

Both the Houthi rebels and militias fighting on behalf of the internationally recognised President Abdullah Mansour Hadi have recruited children to fight on their behalf in the 11-month war, which has so far killed at least 2,800 civilians.

The Saudi-led coalision is fighting the Houthis to drive them from the capital, Sana'a, and other areas they captured last year, and to restore the internationally recognised president, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Troops loyal to Ivory Coast's recognised President-elect prepare for 'final push' Fears were mounting of major atrocities in Ivory Coast last night as forces loyal to the Laurent Gbagbo prepared for a last stand in Abidjan.

Ivory Coast has been plunged back into civil war after a slow-burning election crisis developed into violence with forces loyal to the internationally recognised president-elect, Alassane Ouattara, poised to take the capital.

Colonel Riad al-Asaad, commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), said that his organisation of rebel militias did not recognise President Assad and therefore would not supply it with any written guarantees, which he said he had not been asked for.

Other countries maintain that they will not recognise president-elect Lobo until Zelaya is reinstated, though it appears likely that the hold-out countries key to Honduras' economic survival, such as Spain, the neighbouring countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and perhaps even Nicaragua, will eventually adopt more pragmatic positions.

Two weeks ago, it was little remarked upon that Iraqi president Jalal Talabani immediately recognised Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election victory, the second head of state to do so.